Climate averages 1991–2020
Tahoua weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Tahoua: daytime highs average 40.5°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birni N Konni (122 km away). In April its highs average 40.9°C, about as warm as Tahoua, with 1.7 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Tahoua ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest April highs and joint 3rd of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 40.1°C; Tahoua is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 40.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 9.0 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Tahoua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| February | 33.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 37.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 40.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| May | 40.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 9.0 | 2.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 38.9°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 16 | 5.3 | 13.013 h |
| July | 35.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 43 | 10.1 | 12.913 h |
| August | 33.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 90 | 13.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 36.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 29 | 6.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 37.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| December | 31.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Birni N Konni in AprilNiger · 122 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Sokoto in AprilNigeria · 203 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Maradi in AprilNiger · 251 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Birnin Kebbi in AprilNigeria · 294 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.7°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Dosso in AprilNiger · 303 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Jega in AprilNigeria · 312 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 26.6°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Katsina in AprilNigeria · 328 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Gusau in AprilNigeria · 338 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 6.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tahoua) is explained once on the Tahoua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.